Location at the intersection
of the highway and Ljubljana ring road gives the assignment
an additional weight while also making it easier: on a well-frequented
location, creating a well-functioning composition is not a
very difficult task. Client's basic idea was directed into
an abstraction of function, making the building suitable for
the widest selection of programmes. There was talk of a hotel,
offices, luxury apartments, representation spaces, retail,
etc. Project was conceived as a composition of towers held
together by a link which comprises communication areas and
other secondary spaces. The rest is a maximized area of open
spaces, not limited by construction or installations. Abstract
architectural expression follows the abstract programme concept,
the only real context being the nearness of the highway. At
this point, different points of view regarding the level of
form abstraction caused a parting of the ways with the client.
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